Description:
In the footsteps of Desert Solitaire, these essays by an award-winning
writer and student of cultures sift decades of experience backpacking and
boating for a stance that questions the mainstream. More than mere
tales of bravado, they offer glimpses into the heart of the places explored,
with the Grand Canyon as their center of gravity. Vivid, finely crafted, shot
through with humor, self-effacing while deeply opinionated, No Walk in
the Park shows what it means to meet nature on nature's terms. Read it at
home in an armchair, or at a river camp, or stuff it into your pack before
you go wandering.
Join this author on a night hike to the great chasm's bottom; trek forty days in
his company below one rim, or snowshoe along the other; visit a Hopi mesa
for a ceremony; marvel at hidden rock art; sip epic solitude; tag threatened
fish; and float next to Glen Canyon's slickrock or Niagara-size fleeting falls.
Review Quotes:
"The power of the outdoors courses though this writing and merges
with the power of a writer in control of his craft."
-FOREWORD REVIEWS
"Engelhard's love song to America's most beautiful desert.
A stunning collection of essays."
-SEAN PRENTISS, author of Finding Abbey
"Engelhard is what you hope for in a guide to the natural
world-thoughtful but not earnest, lively but not glib."
-EDWARD DOLNICK, author of Down the Great Unknown
"Creative wit and a deep understanding of our earth make
this a mesmerizing read."
-RICH INGEBRETSEN, Glen Canyon Institute co-founder
"Focused not on the death-defying prowess of the adventurer,
but on the wild glory of place."
-ERIN MCKITTRICK, author of A Long Trek Home
"Avidly urges the reader to side with Nature rather than continue
to celebrate the foibles of our over-abundant, misguided species."
-JACK LOEFFLER, author of A Pagan Polemic
"The wilderness needs a voice like Michael Engelhard-one
that hums with honesty, lyricism, and sheer daring."
-SETH MULLER, author of Canyon Crossing